more color mondays – melon mambo, peach pie, and flirty flamingo fun fold

more color mondays – melon mambo, peach pie, and flirty flamingo fun fold

Today’s More Color Mondays color challenge picks the colors from the SALE-A-BRATION Fruit Salad DSP featuring Real Red, Peach Pie and Flirty Flamingo.
Measurements:
BASE: Petal Pink CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
DSP: 6″ x 6″ cut at 5 1/4″ and cut into two pieces
2″ x 5 1/4″ and 4″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White” scraps for punches and sentiment
and die
Early Espresso CS: 7/8″ x 4 1/4″
Cut the 6″ x 6″ DSP at 5 1/4″ then cut the remaining portion into 2 sections at 2″ and 4″.
Adhere the 4″ x 5 1/4″ DSP to the card base.
Die cut the tressel die from the Linked Together die set – cut in half and attach to the upper right hand corner.
Adhere the 2″ DSP piece over the cut section of the die.
Stamp the hello from the Layering Leaves stamp set in Real Red ink and use a blending brush to color the background.
Adhere the sentiment piece to the Early Espresso strip.
Pop up the strip across the card front.
Punch out two small bough sprigs from the scrap Basic White CS and slip one under the hello sentiment piece.
Stamp in Petal Pink ink the larger sprig from the Layering Leaves stamp set.
Punch out 2 sprigs and tuck under the Early Espresso strip.
Adhere 5 Basic Rhinestones on the card front to add a little bling. This color challenge was a stretch for me and it is always a creative exercise to create with set colors and these are not my favorite color combination and it was a challenge to design this card.
Try to stretch your creative potential and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

friendly seagulls sale-a-bration card

friendly seagulls sale-a-bration card

We are Sale-a-bration simply stamping today folks easy and fun card using the Level One Sale-a-bration Rewards stamp set Friendly Seagulls. this fun and whimsical stamp set is perfect for a lake girl like me with loads of seagulls flying around here! This set has three gull images, four words and phrases images and five smaller images o f fish, shells, sand or pebbles, french fries and a flock of birds flying.

Measurements:
BASE: Crumb Cake CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″ inside
2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″
Misty Moonlight CS: 2 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Forever Plaid DSP: 3/8″ x 5 1/2″

Emboss the front section of the base Crumb Cake card with the Soft Waves 3D embossing folder.
Adhere the Misty Moponlight CS layer to the top of the card base leaving about 1/2″ space from the fold.
I stamped the three seagull images across the 2 1/4″ Basic White layer in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and added the “I love you MORE than” sentiment above the seagulls on the left-hand side.
I started to color the wings in Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends markers.
Adhere the seagull layer to the Misty Moonlight layer on the card front.
Adhere the DSP strip below the Misty Moonlight layer as an accent piece.
I decided I wanted more color deviation in the wing stripes so I added a Basic Black strip in the middle of the wing next to the Smoky Slate colored edge of the wing.
I stamped the words French Fries in the center of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ inside layer in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and added the sleeve of fries image to the left-hand side and colored with Real Red and Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends.
I adhered the layer on the inside of the card.
I added Daffodil Delight on the webbed feet and the beaks of the seagulls to finish coloring the birds.
Although I have a love-hate relationships with our lake birds (I love to watch them fly around and above the water I just hate the messes they tend to leave behind on the ground LOL)
I do think this stamp set is so much fun!

Have you gathered your list to order so you can earn some FREE goodies of your own? The current hostess code for February is UD4FJSJK
We are in the last month of Sale-a-bration so if you want to earn any of these products get your list ordered!
Now go out and create some artwork of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

fruit salad sale-a-bration thank you card

fruit salad sale-a-bration thank you card

There is nothing better than FREE stuff!
January and February Stampin’ Up!’s tradition sale called Sale-a-bration is in full swing!

Today’s card uses the Fruit Salad bright and cheery FREE Designer Series paper for a simple stamped card. I also used the To the Point punch with one of the two sets that coordinate with it called Bright Borders for the fun sentiment punch!

Measurements:
BASE: Coastal Cabana CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Granny Apple Green CS: 3 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
scrap for the punch
DSP: 3″ x 5 1/4″

I cut the 6″ x 6″ FREE sale-a-bration paper at 5 1/4″ on the bottom of the patterned paper and then in half at 3″ so I could make two cards with the 3″ x 5 1/4″ pieces!
I adhered the DSP to the Granny Apple Green CS layer.
I wrapped 8 inches of Silver and White Sheer ribbon around the DSP layer and adhered it to the center of the card front and tied it in a know above the DSP.
I stamped one of the borders from the Bright Borders stamp set in Granny Apple Green ink on the coordinating cardstock and stamped the thank you sentiment in the middle of the border.
I punched the sentiment out with the To the Point coordinating punch.
I used a blending brush in the Granny Apple Green ink to burnish and color the edges of the punched out image.
I popped up the punch onto Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered it over the ribbon.
I finished the card off with Basic Rhinestone Jewels around the sentiment punch and love how the silver in the rhinestones pulls the silver from the ribbon and coordinates the embellishments together.

Try making a simple card with DSP you already have or better yet use the current hostess code GTWJKUXX and spend $60 in pretax/shipping merchandise and choose your own FREE DSP or other level one item!

Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

creating a simple sale-a-bration card

creating a simple sale-a-bration card

Have you ever REALLY looked at the bottom of page 22 in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog? There are 22 card layout samples and there is so much inspiration in these little blocks!

Today’s blog post is a very simple stamps, ink, paper card made with a sneak peak DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalog available January 7th!
For those customers that received their catalogs in the mail on page 11 of the 2025 Sale-a-bration catalog you will see the 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ beautiful floral paper that you can earn for FREE with a $60 purchase.
I used the last layout design on page 22 and designed a simple stamping card with this DSP taking center stage! The awesome part of this card is that it uses a 4″ square so you could make 9 cards from one sheet of DSP. One pack of this FREE DSP could make 108 of these cards!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
DSP: 4″ square cut diagonally

You will notice that if you look at the card layout on page 22 there are two squares and a sentiment strip in between. Now here is the fun part! You can take this layout as a springboard and tweek it – it is ONLY a starting point! I decided to use the Designer Series paper as the “two squares” and eliminate the extra rectangular layer.
You can cut the DSP square anyway you choose I started about an inch down from the top of the DSP and cut diagonally to just about 2/3 of the way down on the opposite side.
I laid the DSP pieces on the card front and positioning them so that the borders on the sides and top are even I lightly drew a pencil mark along the diagonal edges.
I then pushed the DSP away and in between the top and bottom pencil marks I stamped the sentiment and the flowers from a level two Sale-a-bration set called Heart Shaped Bundle (comes with stamps and coodinating dies! FREE with a $120 purchase) in Berry Burst ink.
I stamped the leaves in Shaded Spruce ink around the floral images.
Adhere the top and bottom Designer Series paper pieces to the card front allowing the sentiment and floral stamped patterns to “peek” through the diagonal space in between them.
Wrap the white ribbon around the bottom front of the card edge and tie in a knot.

Such a fun and simple stamped card!

Look on page 22, pick out a layout and use it as a starting point for your card. Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Reminder since these products will not be available until after January 7th this post will go live with only the photo directory below showing current products only.

sale-a-bration is here – check out watercolor melon

sale-a-bration is here – check out watercolor melon

This Level One Sale-a-bration set that you can EARN for FREE in January and February just screams summertime doesn’t it?!

This is a simple stamps, ink paper kind of card with a simple fun fold!

Measurements:
BASE: Sweet Sorbet 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored
at 4 1/4″ and 1″
Basic White layer: 4″ x 5 1/4″
scrap for Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

Score the Sweet Sorbet base card at 4 1/4″ and 1″. Folding the 1″ score into a mountain fold and the 4 1/4″ into a valley fold.

On the inside panel of the 1″, stamp the watermelon seeds in a random pattern with Tuxedo Black memento ink. Fold backwards so the stamped side is now on the outside of the card.
Punch a Heartfelt Hexagon out of a scrap of Basic White cardstock and stamp the half watermelon image in Sweet Sorbet ink in the lower right hand corner. Then stamp the rind in Parakeet Party ink around the watermelon pulp stamped in sweet sorbet. (I think it is easier to line up the rind image after stamping the pulp but you can stamp in any order you choose)
Stamp the hello sentiment on the upper left hand corner in Tuxedo Black Memento ink from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set.
Using a blending brush color the edges in Sweet Sorbet ink, by brushing in downward strokes off the edge of the punched cardstock.
Adhere to the stamped side of the 1″ panel.
Stamp the thinking of you stamp in Memento ink in the center of the Basic White layer, then stamp a watermelon slice to the sentiment’s right side, using sweet sorbet ink for the pulp, parakeet party for the rind and memento ink for the seeds.
Adhere to the inside of the card.
You can pull on the 1″ panel to open up this easy fun fold!

Try this with a stamp set you already own or if you love this one, place an order with the current hostess code of $50 subtotal and earn this stamp set for FREE!

Go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie